I white-embossed the flower stamp (3868J Portraits by Penny Black) three times, then masked all the flowers (took forever!) while I stamped the leaf from Paper Smooches Reflections using Versafine Smoky Grey in the gaps. Then I removed the masks and coloured the flowers with a very wet chinese water brush loaded with a combination of Victorian Velvet and Worn Lipstick distress inks. Once that dried I added a bit of Scattered Straw distress ink to the flower centres. The flower directly above "happy" didn't stamp cleanly, but fortunately it left a nice little niche for the sentiment (Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler) to fit into.

Blogger is throwing a wobbler and won't let me link the image addresses, so I've had to download them to my computer. Anyone else having the same problems?

24 comments:

THUD! OH MY GOODNESS! Those colours are absolutely, stunningly breathtaking. I love the watercoloured look of your flowers and the grey for the leaves (I can see some intricate masking going on here!) WOW! Thanks so much for playing along with Muse!

WOW what a beauty, well done Shirley. Well worth all that effort, I love your card :0) Thank you for your kind words, I am now aware that you have to download the app to validate the find my iPad feature, I thought it would work just by switching the on button, silly me! It's all magic anyhow LOLHugs Gay x

I just love those flowers, the watercolouring is superb... the whole design is stunning, love the contrast of the bold leaves and delicate flowers.I think we'll be seeing this again in a winners post!! :0)Jenny x

... it seems like Blogger isn't playing nicely with a whole lot of people!

Your card is stunning Shirley and is sporting some pretty dang amazing masking! Beautiful water coloring. I love where you tucked the sentiment (especially when you can turn and oooops in to a ta-da!!!)